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Women’s Symposium to celebrate “100 years of triumph”

03/11/2010

Poet Laureate Mona Lake Jones is the featured speaker at the Women's Symposium.

Edmonds Community College holds its fifth Women’s Symposium Sat., March 13 in Triton
Union Building 202 at Edmonds Community College, 20000 68th Ave. W, Lynnwood. Author,
educator, and poet laureate Dr. Mona Lake Jones is the featured speaker for the event.
She will address participants on the theme of this year’s event, “Women: 100 Years
of Triumph.” Doors open at 8:30 a.m.

Lake Jones is the author of the poetry and prose collections Unleashing the Power
of a Sister and the Color of Culture series as well as a spoken word collection on
CD, Poetry Dancing on Music. She is the King County Poet Laureate and served as the
Seattle Poet Laureate for five years. She received the Langston Hughes Award for her
literary contributions and the Blackbird Literary Award, which honors a published
author for her works and contributions to the community.

“It’s important to recognize all the contributions women have made in this century
and we’re looking forward to having Dr. Lake Jones at our event to make the point
with eloquence and style,” said Shirley Sutton, Executive Director of Diversity Affairs
at Edmonds Community College. “It should be noted that this is good information for
men too. We’ve had a number of men attend past events. Everyone’s welcome!”

The Women’s Symposium will also include a living history lecture by actress and historian
Tames Alan entitled “Suffragettes in Petticoats,” a women’s resource fair, a “Fashion
Through the Ages” show, and a panel on “The Changing Roles of Women: Reflecting the
Past: Realizing the Future.”

The evening before the symposium, the community is invited to meet Seattle artist
Mary Ann Peters at the Heart and Grace reception, 5-7:30 p.m., Fri., March 12 in the
college library. Celebrate Women’s History Month and the fifth annual Women’s Symposium
with an evening of art, music, and culinary delights. Free. Open to all. Peters’ works
in progress, “If Thinking Is Form: A Visual Diary,” are on exhibit in the college
art gallery through March 15. Find out more at http://www.edcc.edu/gallery.

The cost of the Saturday Women’s Symposium is $15 for students and $40 for the public.
Buy tickets online at http://www.theatreedmonds.org or call 425.640.1448. Tickets
may be purchased the day of the event.

For more information, call the Office of Diversity Affairs at 425.640.1538.